Miscarriage, Stillbirth, & Infant Loss Support

A place for all bereaved parents to share their stories. We are here to offer...
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A place for all bereaved parents to share their stories. We are here to offer compassionate support though out your journey to healing after any loss of a pregnancy, stillbirth or Infant death. We like to think this is a good place to start to heal. WE prefer to Focus on WHAT was lost, not HOW it was lost.

*please note* TTC and PG talks are not encouraged or permitted here.
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Welcome. We are sorry for your loss. This is the group no one ever wants to join, but now that you are here, welcome. There is no right or wrong way to grieve, but going though it is something that is both difficult and healing.

This group is a safe haven for all (mother, father, grandparent, relative and so on) experiencing, MC, stillbirth and infant loss. As such, please be welcoming, gentle and tender with your fellow group members. This may be the toughest thing they will ever endure.

Please refrain from comments that might diminish someone's grief, feelings of loss, or their beloved and missed child. A loss at 7 weeks can be equally devastating to a family as one that occurs at birth, weeks or months after.

The Rules:

All Community Guidelines apply in this group at all times.

NO "Am I experiencing a MC" questions. We are not doctors. We can not answer that question. If you are looking for anecdotal information you can find that in Miscarriage Worries or Concerns. The threads here will be locked or deleted.
NO TTC talk or threads. The only place to discuss trying to conceive (TTC) in this group is the monthly TTC questions thread. All other threads will be locked or deleted. You might find it more helpful to direct your TTC questions to these groups Trying to Conceive after Miscarriage, TTC again after baby loss, TTC after a 2nd/3rd Trimester Loss, or TTC After A Stillbirth/Neonatal/Infant Loss
NO PG Announcements or Live Birth announcement. This includes "Success Story" post. We are glad you are PG or had a baby. Not everyone is afforded that gift. Please take your post to the group Pregnancy After Loss or raising children after losing children. the threads will be locked or deleted.
LABEL sensitive subject matter threads We would like everyone to at least try to be considerate of the feeling of others when posting a thread on this group's Message board. Please label the following topics in your thread title with a WARNING, TRIGGERS or MENTION of

Live Birth (LB) - this is to be use if you are discussing in the course of thread conversation only. If the thread is about your LB it will be locked and possibly removed.
Living Children (LC) - we welcome members to talk about their LC but please label.
Sensitive Subject matter
Triggers (Trigs)
Example: LC Mention: My two year old is struggling with our loss.

Lastly, this group is our sanctuary from the majority of the world that does not understand how dark, twisty, hopeful, woeful, bitter, serious or silly, grief can make us. If you have not personally experienced the sorrow of pregnancy loss, MC, Stillbirth, Infant or child death please don't post here, it makes us uncomfortable to be watched like soap opera.

If you need anything please PAN to a Group Owner.
If you see a Violation of the group rule please use Report this to Group owner. if you see a violations of Community guidelines please use report to BOTH so we can address it ASAP.
If you are triggered by the mentions of TTC, PG, or LCs that other posters have as their signature or as a ticker or banner, you can change your settings through your account to not show them. If you need help with this, feel free to PAN to a GO.

For our children let's try to keep this group a compassionate, respectful, sympathetic and welcoming space.